Chinese symbol for “vane”
风向标
fēng xiàng biāo
Traditional: 風向標
vane; propellor blade; weather vane; windsock
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vane is 风向标 (fēng xiàng biāo), defined as: vane; propellor blade; weather vane; windsock.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vane”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 风向标.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 风景 (風景) | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 台风 (臺風) | tái fēng | stage presence, poise |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend; tendency |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vane”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.